On Saturday 30 March 2013 01:13 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > On Friday 29 March 2013 01:46 PM, Guy Roussin wrote: >> > multipath-tools_0.4.9+git0.4dfdaf2b-7_amd64.deb) ... >> > [....] Root is on a multipathed device, multipathd can not be >> > stopped:invoke-rc.d: initscript multipath-tools, action "stop" failed. >> > dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit >> > status 1 > I thought a little more about this. And looks like I have done a big > mistake in my assumptions here. In the current config, never will a > rooted multipath setup be able to upgrade multipath-tools package, > effective living a broken system. > > What we need to do when called in the stop) target is to: > * Detect that the root device is on a multipathed device > * If yes, log the information stating that you will not kill the daemon. > * exit 0 and stay clean so that no external processes behave havoc.
I have put up a new package (same version) with the fix, at the same location. Could you please test and report back your results? -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com "Necessity is the mother of invention."
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